This workhorse has been with me on a few indie films, and it's done its job well. It doesn't use a lot of battery power, it's light and it sounds great. But sometimes, for whatever reason, the timecode button doesn't work. So far it's only happened to me once, and it seems to be working fine ever since. But I can't have it happen again. It's still a very capable recorder for those who are either able to fix it, or simply don't use SMPTE.